Wanted: Wastewater Tote Opinions/Critiques

Lantley wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:
Having once owned a 27 gal wheeled tote years ago I soon realized what a PITA it was to drag it behind the truck to the dump station at "walking speed"...

You also must be a fast walker in you can walk 15-20 mph.

Lantley, you drive your poop tote at 15-20mph?!

Most campgrounds I'm in have a 5-10mph rule.

And, given my 1 experience with a buddy's poop tote, that thing would have gotten airborne at 15mph!

Lantley wrote:
We all get to choose our poison.

Exactly my point. ;) It's entirely your choice if you want to fool around with a heavy wheeled tote, I'm just pointing out there are viable alternatives that also work well. Presumably you did notice the OP asked for "Opinions / Critiques"? :W

Lantley wrote:
If you had a 42 gallon tote you could go once a week instead of once a day.

As I already said I collect fresh water once each day anyway so disposing of grey / macerated black water while I'm at it is neither here nor there. :B

SoundGuy wrote:
K.I.S.S. ... and I don't see using a wheeled tote or humongous waste bladder as "simple". :R Rather, I simply off load grey water by gravity into a set of 7 gal Aquatainers sitting at the back of the truck, ready for a trip to the dump station.



I'm an early riser so I usually do this once each morning while my wife is still sleeping & there's no one at the dump station and for just the two of us this works just fine without having to fool with a stupid tote tank. While at the dump station I can also collect more potable water in another set of Aquatainers dedicated to the purpose, so one trip each morning does it all. In the rare occasion I may want to off load the black water tank I can use my FloJet Waste Macerator to transfer the macerated contents to the same grey water containers that are already sitting in the back of the truck - simple. When full each weighs just 60 lbs so I can easily lower them to the ground at the dump station for emptying & flushing out. They're cube shaped so they don't waste space to store, durable, and inexpensive. If I needed greater capacity might consider carrying a larger tote tank in the back of the truck but I'd still transfer grey or black to it with the macerator. Having once owned a 27 gal wheeled tote years ago I soon realized what a PITA it was to drag it behind the truck to the dump station at "walking speed" and wouldn't ever consider it again when a macerator completely eliminates the need to do so. :B

We all get to choose our poison. My 42 gallon tank has the capacity of 6 of your 7 gallon tanks. If you had a 42 gallon tote you could go once a week instead of once a day.
You also must be a fast walker in you can walk 15-20 mph.

If someone were to ask me for a recommendation it would be a Barker (The blue ones) not a Tetford (Green)

As to the size I'd ask "how big are your holding tanks" and the next size up. IE: My tanks are 36 Gallonm so adding 2 gallons I need the next size up from 38 to be safe. Others have covered everything else you need to know.

K.I.S.S. ... and I don't see using a wheeled tote or humongous waste bladder as "simple". :R Rather, I simply off load grey water by gravity into a set of 7 gal Aquatainers sitting at the back of the truck, ready for a trip to the dump station.



I'm an early riser so I usually do this once each morning while my wife is still sleeping & there's no one at the dump station and for just the two of us this works just fine without having to fool with a stupid tote tank. While at the dump station I can also collect more potable water in another set of Aquatainers dedicated to the purpose, so one trip each morning does it all. In the rare occasion I may want to off load the black water tank I can use my FloJet Waste Macerator to transfer the macerated contents to the same grey water containers that are already sitting in the back of the truck - simple. When full each weighs just 60 lbs so I can easily lower them to the ground at the dump station for emptying & flushing out. They're cube shaped so they don't waste space to store, durable, and inexpensive. If I needed greater capacity might consider carrying a larger tote tank in the back of the truck but I'd still transfer grey or black to it with the macerator. Having once owned a 27 gal wheeled tote years ago I soon realized what a PITA it was to drag it behind the truck to the dump station at "walking speed" and wouldn't ever consider it again when a macerator completely eliminates the need to do so. :B

I have a 32 gallon Barker that is 10 years old and 7.5 of those years are full timing and at least 75% of time in parks with no sewer connection. It doesn't still look new but it does work as good as new. I have friends that have gone through 3 or 4 Thetfords in that amount of time. I upgraded the tires to pneumatic when I bought it and have had to replace them 3 times due to weather aging and had to replace the discharge valve 1 time.

ependydad wrote:

Lantley wrote:
Ependydad your bladder is pretty cool. I think you would have to be a fulltiming family for it to be beneficial. But I imagine there is a market for it.
THanks for sharing. Getting the word out that such a contraption is available is the key to your new career!

Before we fulltimed, my family couldn’t do without sewer hookups. We didn’t have a tote and weren’t able to be miserly with water. Had I done more camping without sewer hookups, I would have explored the idea back then.

Totes work for most because they don't need 100 gallon capacity.
We can go a long weekend without dumping until we leave with little conservation.
However we are not fulltiming. In your scenario the larger capacity is beneficial. A huge bonus is there are more storage options for the bladder vs. a tote

Lantley wrote:
Ependydad your bladder is pretty cool. I think you would have to be a fulltiming family for it to be beneficial. But I imagine there is a market for it.
THanks for sharing. Getting the word out that such a contraption is available is the key to your new career!

Before we fulltimed, my family couldn’t do without sewer hookups. We didn’t have a tote and weren’t able to be miserly with water. Had I done more camping without sewer hookups, I would have explored the idea back then.

Ependydad your bladder is pretty cool. I think you would have to be a fulltiming family for it to be beneficial. But I imagine there is a market for it.
THanks for sharing. Getting the word out that such a contraption is available is the key to your new career!

Have a bladder built or DIY one. Way higher capacity, not limited to slow as snail driving, and smaller footprint when stored.

http://learntorv.com/sewer-bladder/